Science

Life on Mars? NASA discovers potential biosignatures in Martian mudstones

Data and images from NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover reveals that recently discovered rocks in Jezero crater are organic carbon bearing…

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Metformin’s secret brain pathway revealed after 60 years

Although metformin has been the go-to medication to manage type 2 diabetes for more than 60 years, researchers still do…

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Don’t toss cannabis leaves. Scientists just found rare compounds inside

Analytical chemists from Stellenbosch University (SU) have provided the first evidence of a rare class of phenolics, called flavoalkaloids, in…

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Hungry flathead catfish are changing everything in the Susquehanna

Flathead catfish, opportunistic predators native to the Mississippi River basin, have the potential to decimate native and recreational fisheries, disrupting…

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Hit the wrong spot and an asteroid returns on a collision course

Selecting the right spot to smash a spacecraft into the surface of a hazardous asteroid to deflect it must be…

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Smog in the brain: Dirty air speeds Alzheimer’s decline

Exposure to high concentrations of air pollution may worsen Alzheimer's disease (AD) by accelerating the buildup of toxic proteins in…

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Heart attacks may actually be infectious

A pioneering study by researchers from Finland and the UK has demonstrated for the first time that myocardial infarction may…

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AI has no idea what it’s doing, but it’s threatening us all

The age of artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed our interactions, but threatens human dignity on a worldwide scale, according to…

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Scientists just cracked a 60-million-year-old volcanic mystery

What do the rumblings of Iceland's volcanoes have in common with the now peaceful volcanic islands off Scotland's western coast…

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MIT scientists uncover shocking origin of the moon’s magnetic scars

Where did the moon's magnetism go? Scientists have puzzled over this question for decades, ever since orbiting spacecraft picked up…

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